[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1548 Committee Discharged Senate (CDS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1548

  To amend the National Wool Act of 1954 to reduce the subsidies that 
wool and mohair producers receive for the 1994 and 1995 marketing years 
    and to eliminate the wool and mohair programs for the 1996 and 
          subsequent marketing years, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 14 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

  Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Feingold) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

             October 15 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

                          Committee discharged

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Wool Act of 1954 to reduce the subsidies that 
wool and mohair producers receive for the 1994 and 1995 marketing years 
    and to eliminate the wool and mohair programs for the 1996 and 
          subsequent marketing years, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUPPORT PRICE FOR WOOL AND MOHAIR.

    Section 703 of the National Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1782) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(a) Subject to subsection (b)(3), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall, through the Commodity Credit Corporation, make loans and 
payments to producers of wool and mohair through December 31, 1995.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``1997'' and 
                inserting ``1995''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
                following new paragraph:
    ``(3) No loans, purchases, or payments shall be made for the 1996 
and subsequent marketing years, except that loans and payments for the 
1995 marketing year shall be paid in 1996.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4)(A) Through December 31, 1995, the Secretary shall offer to 
wool and mohair producers recourse loans under terms and conditions 
that are prescribed by the Secretary, except that the loans shall be 
administered at no net cost to the Federal Government.
    ``(B) A producer who fails to repay a loan made under subparagraph 
(A) by the end of the following marketing year shall be ineligible for 
a loan under this Act for that marketing year and subsequent marketing 
years.''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS.

    Section 704(a) of the National Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1783(a)) 
is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new 
sentence: ``In the case of each of the 1994 and 1995 marketing years, 
the payments shall be 75 and 50 percent, respectively, of the amount 
otherwise determined under the preceding sentence.''.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF WOOL AND MOHAIR PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Effective December 31, 1995, the National Wool Act 
of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1781 et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Application.--The repeal made by subsection (a) shall apply to 
both the wool and mohair programs.
    (c) Prohibition.--Effective beginning December 31, 1995, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may not provide loans or payments for wool or 
mohair by using the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or under 
the authority of any law.

SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF PRICE SUPPORT REFERENCES.

    (a) Section 702 of the National Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1781) is 
repealed.
    (b) Section 703 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1782) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
        following new section heading:

                 ``support price for wool and mohair'';

            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(i), by striking ``such price 
        support'' and inserting ``the support price''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``price support'' and 
        inserting ``support under this section''.
    (c) Section 704 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1783) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
        following new section heading:

``SEC. 704. PAYMENTS.'';

        and
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``If payments are 
        utilized as a means of price support, the'' and inserting 
        ``The''.
    (d) The first sentence of section 706 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1785) 
is amended by striking ``price support operations'' and inserting 
``operations under this Act''.

SEC. 5. LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS.

    A provision of this Act may not affect the liability of any person 
under any provision of law as in effect before the effective date of 
the provision.

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